No Question About That - a Manchester United podcast

#1071 | Manchester United Women are 11 games unbeaten, but they have scored just 10 goals in nine WSL games. Ed and Andy, of the Barmy Article, discuss a team that gets results without putting games away. Could January recruitment help bolster the squad?.

There are plenty of young players getting minutes in the Players’ Cup, the return of a key winger, and whether European qualification is realistic with United fifth. They also cover how the fans have taken to the new head coach, where Marc Skinner goes next, and who might be on the plane to next year’s World Cup. Crystal Palace at home is the next test.

0:00 Season Form and Progress
6:48 United’s Goalscoring Issues
10:56 New Signings and Squad Depth
14:41 European Ambitions
17:33 Coaching Changes
20:17 Palace Preview
23:54 Sustainability
27:18 World Cup Hopes

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#1070 | Michael Carrick was officially relieved of his duties on Thursday, in a club statement that carried no name and offered no accountability. Ed and Wayne discuss a week that has left them appalled with the club’s behaviour.

Carrick took training after the news leaked, as the executives who decided to sack him flew to Monaco. The sacking has been planned for weeks, whatever the club say about giving him time. It betrays the values on the back of the shirt. Courage? Not so much.

Is there hope of change with the club effectively on the market? With Mauricio Pochettino reportedly chosen by the Glazers, the question now is who is making the decisions, and whether anyone above the manager will answer for them?

0:00 Carrick’s Dismissal
7:43 United’s Values
17:25 The Club’s Financial Decline
23:47 What Are United’s Ambitions?
32:53 Summer Rebuild
35:04 Debt, Ownership and Decision-Making
40:04 Carrick’s Staff
47:31 Can United Make the Necessary Changes?

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#1069 | Michael Carrick has been sacked as Manchester United manager and the money is flowing toward Mauricio Pochettino. Ed and Adam discuss a process that has never looked coherent. They weigh the case for and against Pochettino, why Eddie Howe, Julian Nagelsmann, and Antonio Conte look less likely, and what a new manager could mean for Bruno Fernandes’s future.

Picking the manager is the easy part. The new man inherits the same sporting department, the same CEO, and the same owners who promised not to oscillate between styles. Surely the sporting director has to go too. No promise of a fresh vision can be backed without proof.

0:00 Carrick sacked: who’s next?
1:58 A shambolic process
3:21 Pochettino emerges as favourite
7:49 Case for and against Poch
18:32 Eddie Howe and Nagelsmann
22:50 Conte
26:49 Bruno’s future
31:33 Fuck these owners

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#1068 | Michael Carrick has been sacked as Manchester United manager, according to reports late on Monday night. United had not confirmed it at the time of recording.

Ed and Dharnish record an emergency pod to discuss how it came to this. Carrick earned his shot at the job last season but was left short in the summer. He then tried to evolve the team to a ball-dominant, high-pressing approach that never worked. Injuries, unhappy players, and a drop in Bruno Fernandes’s form turned a poor start into a relegation fight.

The bigger story is the ownership. The next manager inherits the same owners, the same CEO, the same director of football, and no clear criteria for hiring and firing. Who exactly is making the decisions at United? And more importantly, why would anyone trust them?

0:00 Breaking: Carrick sacked
1:27 How did we get here?
3:55 Sold short in the summer
6:37 Tactical experiment that failed
12:53 Bruno’s form and the data
15:19 The environment and Ratcliffe
22:27 Broken decision-making at the top
29:21 What happens next

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#1067 | Manchester United and Aston Villa played out a 4-4 Premier League draw at Old Trafford. It was chaos on the pitch while fans protested in the stands. United twice trailed by two goals and twice came back in dramatic fashion. Ed and Dan discuss.

There’s plenty to go over, from Michael Carrick’s cautious selection to some horrendous defending. But a sliver of light in United’s attack is finally scoring goals regularly.

Yet, with one win in the league, pressure remains on Carrick a quarter into the season. Will United change the manager? It seems like there’s very little impetus to do so. Howe, Conte, Pochettino, Nagelsmann are all waiting in the wings. Who exactly is making the decisions at the top? Nobody it seems.

0:00 Intro: 4-4 at Old Trafford


1:19 Two down in four minutes


4:13 United’s team selection


9:39 Have we infected the goalkeeper?


11:21 Old Trafford crowd


16:00 Build-up play and Fernandes


30:45 System or individual errors?


32:11 Who replaces Carrick?


45:45 Wrap-up

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